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Definition von purlieus im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- plural of purlieu
- {i} surroundings, environs
- the area in and around a place (puralé , from puraler ; influenced by lieu ( LIEU))
- purlieu
- The outskirts of any place; an adjacent district; the environs or neighborhood
- purlieu
- The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest laws concerning game hunting etc
- purlieu
- {n} an inclosure, district, border, edge
- purlieu
- {i} outlying area of a city, outskirts; area at the edge of a forest
- purlieu
- Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights
- purlieu
- Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood
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